Surface characterization of micro-optical components by Foucault’s knife-edge method: The case of a micromirror array

Applied Optics

Volumn 38, Issue 31, 1999, Pages 6532-6539

  Zamkotsian, Frédéric ^a   Dohlen, Kjetil ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE MARSEILLE   (France)

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EID: 0038536680     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 21553165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.38.006532     Document Type: Article

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